• 9.17.08 – The Mexican Oil Reform: Without a Dancing Partner: 1 Step to the Right and 2 Steps Backward
HUMA Seminar with: Adrian Lajous, Chairman, OIES; Former CEO, Petroleos Mexicanos.

• 10.01.08 – Direct Faith and Direct Sales in Mexico
¡Mexico Hoy! with: Peter Cahn, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma; Katherine Hampson Bessell Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Moderated by: Merilee Grindle, Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development; Director of DRCLAS
12:30-2:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.

• 10.09.08 – The Coyote’s Trail presents:  Guest Worker (Hill, 2006)
The Coyote’s Trail film series presents: The story of 66-year-old Candelario, who has been coming to the United States for 40 years in order to provide for his family.
Moderated by: Jennifer Burtner Rangel, Lecturer in Anthropology, Tufts University
Screening starts at 6:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street in the Tsai Auditorium (CGIS – S010)

• 10.15.08 – Does Migration Improve Educational Opportunity for those that Stay Behind?
Evidence from Mexico's Mixteca Baja
¡México Hoy! with: Adam Sawyer, EdD Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Visiting
Research Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC-San Diego; Moderated by: TBA
12:30-2:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.

• 10.20.08 – Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration
¡México Hoy! with: Sam Quiñones, author and journalist
In partnership with: La Plaza's María Hinojosa: One on One
Moderated by: Edward Schumacher-Matos, Fellow of the Shorenstein Center
12:30-2:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.

• 10.23.08 – The Coyote’s Trail presents: Romántico (Becker, 2005)
The Coyote’s Trail film series presents: Romántico is a documentary about a Mexican musician, Carmelo Muñiz Sánchez, who returns home to his beloved daughters after years spent playing San Francisco’s taquerías and hipster joints. But once Carmelo arrives in his hometown – over a thousand miles south of the border – he finds himself immediately confronted with the struggles that led to his first border crossing.
Moderated by: Jennifer Burtner Rangel, Lecturer in Anthropology, Tufts University
Screening starts at 6:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street in the Tsai Auditorium (CGIS – S010)

• 10.29.08 – Nuestra Familia, Our Family: California’s Prison Gangs
¡México Hoy! with: Julia Reynolds, Neiman Fellow and journalist for the Monterey County Herald
Moderated by: Edward Schumacher-Matos, Fellow of the Shorenstein Center
1:30-3:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.

• 11.05.08 –  “Corridos del Gringo” – Concert and Conversation
¡México Hoy! Music Feature with: EL GRINGO, Shawn Kiehne, Vaquero, Singer
In partnership with: La Plaza's María Hinojosa: One on One

• 11.13.08 – The Coyote’s Trail presents:  La Misma Luna (Riggen, 2008)
The Coyote’s Trail film series presents: Even across thousands of miles, the special bond between a mother and son can never be broken.  It gives hope to Carlitos, a scrappy nine-year-old boy whose mother, Rosario, has gone to the US to build a better life for both of them.  While Rosario struggles for a brighter future, fate forces Carlitos to embark on an extraordinary journey to find her.
Screening starts at 6:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street in the Tsai Auditorium (CGIS – S010)

• 12.03.08 – Tequila: The Future of Tradtion
¡México Hoy! with: David Suro, President  Siembra Azul Tequila
Moderated by:Alfredo Corchado, Nieman Fellow and Mexico Bureau Chief for The Dallas Morning News - 4:00-5:30pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, Location TBD

• 12.10.08 – Covering the Border and Living to Tell About It
¡México Hoy! with: Angela Kocherga, US-Mexico Bureau Chief for Belo TV; and:
Alfredo Corchado, Nieman Fellow and Mexico Bureau Chief for The Dallas Morning News
12:30-2:00pm at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS – S250. A light lunch will be served.